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• When investigating cases of sex abuse, church is often judge, jury and prosecutor | In part because state law does not obligate them to report allegations of sexual abuse of minors to law enforcement agencies, church officials have often been free to investigate the complaints and decide what action, if any, is warranted. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Bush expresses his confidence in Law | President calls cardinal "a man of integrity" (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Archdiocese weighs fund-raising options | Options include selling buildings, borrowing money, and asking large donors for contributions (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Priest's rape arrest stirs shock (Fresno [Calif.] Bee)
  
  
• Bitterness in Brooklyn diocese over abuse case | Three nuns in a Brooklyn parish have gone public with allegations of sexual abuse by three priests in the Diocese of Brooklyn. (The New York Times)
  
  
• 224 sex charges against priest dismissed | Statute of limitations has expired (Associated Press)
  
  

Church life:

• Mexican bishop plans biggest Mass | The idea is to pave over a dry lake bed, bus in 5 million people and hold the open-air Mass on July 30 — the middle of thunderstorm season. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Ethiopians plan church in Denver area | $2 million is needed for one of the nation's newest and largest Ethiopian Orthodox Christian churches (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Tank fire hits Bethlehem church | Tanks were parked 300 meters from the Church of the Nativity. (Associated Press)
  
  

Personalities:

• Don't insult Mother Teresa, say Christians | Christians in Calcutta are begging the mayor not to rename a street housing nightclubs, bars and pubs after Mother Teresa. (Ananova)
  
  
• Thomas Kinkade: Profit of light | Besides the publication of his first novel and the recent opening of a housing complex whose $400,000-plus homes were "inspired" by his art, Kinkade has plans to take on the Goliaths of his métier. (USA Today)
  
  

Religion in America:

• Cultural lens: Judging you, judging me | Confronted with terror, Americans are rethinking their 'I'm OK, you're OK' culture (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Keeping the faith, but on their own terms | Disinclined to submit to a will other than their own, Americans are transforming the practice of religion. (Adweek)
  
  

Pop culture:

• Apocalypse soon: For series' authors, the ending justifies their means | LaHaye and Jenkins believe their books are True (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Greece is the word for pop monks | Group hoping to break into a wider market with their third album, which contains English-language songs. (BBC)
  
  

Giving up turtle meat for Lent?

• Pope asked to call sea turtles 'meat' | Group cites Mexican tradition of eating the threatened reptiles during Lent. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Also: Vatican ban sought on turtle meat (Associated Press)
  
  

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